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Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin
ALBUM NAME
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin
Copyright
℗ 2001 Decca Music Group Limited
RELEASE DATE
January 15, 2002
TRACK
28
DURATION
1:10:41
Album Track
 
2
 
 
II. Giuoco delle coppie
6:17
 
3
 
 
III. Elegia
8:5
 
4
 
 
IV. Intermezzo interrotto
4:38
 
5
 
 
V. Finale
10:6
 
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The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, Op. 19 Allegro (Introduction): a bustling city street
The Miraculous Mandarin, pantomime in 1 act, Sz. 73, Op. 19 Allegro (Introduction): a bustling city street
1:26
 
7
 
 
The curtain rises on a shabby room in the slums, where three penniless tramps force a girl to lure
1:48
 
8
 
 
First decoy game.
1:23
 
9
 
 
The shabby old rake enters and makes comic gestures of love to the girl until the tramps throw him
2:21
 
10
 
 
Second decoy game.
1:22
 
11
 
 
The shy young man appears in the door, and the girl dances - at first hesitantly, then faster and m
1:49
 
12
 
 
Third decoy game.
1:5
 
13
 
 
Horrified, they see a weird figure in the street, and the tramps hide as they hear him coming up th
29
 
14
 
 
The Mandarin enters and stands immobile in the doorway; the girl flees terrified to the other end o
45
 
15
 
 
General consternation. The girl overcomes her repugnance and slowly entices the Mandarin to come c
1:29
 
16
 
 
At last she overcomes her reluctance and begins a hesitant dance, which gradually enlivens to a pit
4:44
 
17
 
 
The girl sinks down to embrace him; he begins to tremble in feverish excitement.
26
 
18
 
 
She flees from him, and he chases her more and more wildly.
1:41
 
19
 
 
The Mandarin catches the girl, and they fight.
14
 
20
 
 
The tramps leap out, tear the Mandarin away from the girl, and seize his jewelry and money.
15
 
21
 
 
"We must kill him, stifle him under the pillows on the bed", the tramps decide.
1:36
 
22
 
 
They think he is dead, but suddenly the Mandarin's head appears between the pillows and he looks lo
1:4
 
23
 
 
At last the three tramps master their horror. They drag the Mandarin out and grip him firmly while
1:22
 
24
 
 
Suddenly he draws himself up and leaps at the girl. The tramps stop him and hold him fast again.
56
 
25
 
 
They drag the resisting Mandarin to the centre of the room and hang him on the lamp hook.
1:13
 
26
 
 
The lamp falls to the floor, and the body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light
1:57
 
27
 
 
At her insistence, the tramps take him down. The Mandarin falls on the floor and at once leaps at
1:6
 
28
 
 
The Mandarin's longing is now stilled, his wounds begin to bleed and he dies after a short struggle
1:6
 
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